The University of Vienna made the list back in 2011, but no Austrian universities have been included since then.

The ranking “is based purely on subjective judgement”, Phil Blaty, editor of the THE rankings said in a statement.

“But it is the expert subjective judgement of those who know most about excellent teaching and research – leading academics from all around the world.”

He added that a university’s global academic reputation “not only influences investments and funding decisions, but more importantly, it helps a university to develop and nurture its single greatest asset: its student and academic talent.”